Fishhook rack



1952 w. G. GALBRAITH ET AL 2,614,359

FISHHOOK RACK Filed July 24, 1950 IN V EN TOR5.

ATTORNEK Patented Oct. 21, 1952 FISHHOOK' RACK William G. Galbraith, William T.. Willittmih;v and Clyde. T,. Abraham, Kansas City. Mo.

Application- J uly 24, 1950-, Serial No. 175,563

2 Claims.

This-invention relates tofishing equipment and has to. do more particularly with a. rack; or holder for fishhooks, whether. the same. are in. a. separate condition or interconnected. through leaders and the like upon. a trotline, thev primary object being to present a holder that will permit. assembling oi the hooks and removal thereof quickly and. easily while preventing entanglement.

It isv the. most important. object. of the present invention to. provide a fishhook holder that. is capable. or maintaining the hooks. positioned as desired: and. including means for mounting the hooks in looped relationship to a part of the rack, there being provided a, releasable clamp member i'orholding the hooks; tightly against that portion of the. rack over which the hooks. are-looped.

An important. object of this invention is to providea fishhook rack including an elongated body having a slot formed therein for threadably receiving the shanks of the hooks, there being a channel. adjacent and parallel to the slot for receiving. the arcuate barbed end of the hook for not only protecting the barb but protecting the user of the device.

An additional object of this invention is the provision of' a fishhook rack provided with a lid that is adapted to swing to an. operable position bearing against the rounded portion of the hook and extending into the slot: of the rack, the main body portion of the rack. being resilient for receiving said lid.

Other objects of this invention include the way in-which a releasable clamp or fixture is. provided to hold the lid portion thereof in an operable hook-holding position; and the way in which one section of the rack is made swingable to render any one of the hooks accessible as desired.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of fishhook rack made pursuant to the present invention showing the same in the closed condition.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rack shown in Fig. 1 with the same open and ready for use.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the rack showing a modified form of latch means.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, end, perspective view illustrating more clearly the latch of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse, cross-sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of rack with the lid thereof open; and

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary, side elevational view of the rack illustrated in Fig. 6.

As just above indicated, the modification of the present invention shown by Figs. 1 and 2, differs from that; ilhistrated by Figs.v 3; to. 5,. inclusive in the. latch means. Accordingly, the. designated numerals hereinafter used, will; be. understood to be common to both. of; these.- twaiorms.

An elongated member broadly desi nated by the. numeral It, is. provided with a. substantially central; slot l2: extending longitudinallythroughout; virtually the entire length of the. member Ill, presenting therefore, a; pair or-siderby-side parallel, identical, sections, 14. and i6; 011s. and of the, slot; t2. open: while the opposite; end thereof is; closed by a. bifurcated. end 18. forming; an: iiitegral part of. the; body member-Ill. The. iurcations ofthe biiurcatedend l3 swingably receive one end. 20' oil a lidionclosure member 2.2; through the medium; or: a; transverse pin or thelike 24...

As shown most. clearly in. Fig. 5 of; the drawing, the sections l4. and. [6 are each provided with. an elongated channel 26 thatv are co-extensive in length and parallel with theslot l-2. The channels 26 are each separated from the. slot; I2 by a 28 provided with an arcuate, uppermost edge as shown Fig. 5. The innermost face of" the, lid or closure 22, is substantially complemental with the slot l2 and the ribs 28, therebeing, a pair of spaced-apart, parallel grooves 30 formed in lid 2.2v coincidentwith ribs 28.

The parallel grooves 30 are. divided by a. rib 32 formed onthe inner face; of lid 22, said rib: 32

being V-shapedin cross-section as shown inFig.

5.- and' adapted for partial interpositioning within-v slot l2. It. is notedthat the. rib 32 and the grooges 30 terminate inwardly from end; 20. of lid 2 The slot l2 slidably receives the shank portions 34 of a plurality of fishhooks 36. When the hooks 36 are so positioned upon the rack, arcuate portions 38 of hooks 36 are looped over corresponding ribs 28 and the barbed ends 40 of hooks 36 are positioned within the corresponding channel 26 of body member ID. A plurality of hooks 36 can thus be positioned in the rack in side-byside relationship, whereupon the lid 22 is swung to the closed position with the grooved portions 30 thereof bearing against the arcuate parts 38 of hooks 36 and holding the same tightly against ribs 28. At the same time, the V-shaped rib 32 of lid 22 is positioned within the slot l2 between the' two side-by-side rows of hooks 36, serving to hold the latter tightly within the body sections 14 and [6.

By virtue of forming the body In of resilient material such as plastic, the sections I4 and IE will yield under pressure of the lid 22 as the rib 32 is forced into slot l2. The lid 22 is held of either of the wings t or the grip 55.

clamped tightly against the hooks to by means of a split loop d2 that is adapted to slide over that end of the body iii and the lid 22 opposite to the pivotal point 25. Loss of the locking means 52 is prevented by means of a chain 54 or the like inter-connecting loop 12 in body it}.

A modified form of hook for lid 22 is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 and includes a clip broadly designated by the numeral 35. Clip h: substantially closes the open ends of the channels 23 as shown in Fig. 4 and is provided with an L-shaped extension 48 disposed within a notch 53 of lid 22 and swingably mounted on a transverse pin 52.

Clip 45 is made from resilient material and has a pair of side wings 54 that yieldably grip the outermost feces of the sections it and it. Likewise, a finger-grip 58 underlies the body In and yieldably engages the same when the clip 46 is in the closed position illustrated. Lid 22 may be opened by opening theclip 4G through grasping Clip 46 is advantageous over the loop 42 in that it "serves to' maintain any accidentally displaced fishhooks 3d within the rack when the same is in the closed position.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 i is essentially the same as just above described in that the same includes a pair of body sections I00 and H22, each having a hook-receiving channel l M comparable to channels 25 and divided by slot I06 similar to slot 12. The section [92 however, is provided with a bifurcated, innermost end I08 that is mounted for free swinging movement in the manner illustrated by dotted lines in Fig; '6 through the medium of a pin I I0. Consequently, section 162 may be swung toward and veniently used to support, store and transport a f relatively large number of fishhooks of varying sizes. However, the rack may be advantageously placed in use for stringing of trotlines in the 'manner illustrated in Fig. 2, or otherwise as desired. There is illustrated fragmentarily, one

-side 58 of a boat having a perforated block 60' secured to the innermost face of side 58. Through use of the vertical perforation of block 69, the

rack may be conveniently used'by inserting the have been illustrated, many additional changes might well be made within the spirit of the invention and, therefore, it is desired to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In a rack for a pair of rows of fishhooks of the kind having an elongated shank and an arcuate, barbed end, said rack including an elongated member having a longitudinally extending slot open at one end of the member, enclosed at the opposite end of the member and adapted to receive the shanks of said fishhooks, said member having an elongated channel in one face thereof on each side respectively of the said slot and coextensive in length therewith for receiving said ends of the fishhooks; a lid for the member having an elongated rib thereon adapted for wedging in the slot between the two rows of fishhooks; and means for holding the lid in an operating'position on the member.

2. In a rack as set forth in claim 1 wherein said member is provided with a pair of relatively swingable sections each having one of said channels therein, the sections being spaced apart when swung together, presenting said slot therebetween.

WILLIAM G. GALBRAITI-I. WILLIAM F. WILLIAMS. CLYDE T. ABRAHAM.

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